天河
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天河) |
天 | 河 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
天河
- (colloquial) Milky Way
Synonyms
Proper noun
天河
- (~區) Tianhe (a district in Guangzhou)
Japanese

天河 (Tenga): the Milky Way, appearing as a river of light in the heavens.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 河 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
が Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 天河 (*ten *ha, literally “heaven river”). Compare modern Chinese 天河 (Tiānhé).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
天河 (hiragana てんが, rōmaji Tenga)
Synonyms
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.